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 cabrio70
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| posted on November 27th, 2004 at 01:07 PM |
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Clutch noise - Where have I gone wrong
I have just swapped my gearbox and installed a new clutch kit, however upon getting it all back to together this morning I find that when I push in
the clutch pedal I get a grinding noise when the pedal is about an inch of the floor. I would equate the noise as trying to put the car in gear
wothout pushing in the clutch. the car is back on ground and I was all readyu to go but looks like I may be pulling it all out again.
Anyone have any ideas what I may have done wrong. I did notice that one of the thrust bearing retainer springs was a bit loose, could this have come
of and the bearing is moving? Is it possible to have over adjusted the clutch to much so it is over pressing the springs? I can't tell if it is
slipping as I can't put it in gear and this would be the normal give away.
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cabrio70
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| posted on November 27th, 2004 at 02:21 PM |
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Couldn't help myself and have now pulled the motor back out(i'm getting good at this). Can anyone offer any advice as to what I perhaps should look
for now I can see the clutch etc. Would a warped pressure plate cause such a problem?
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| posted on November 27th, 2004 at 03:17 PM |
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Make sure you have the correct type of throw out bearing. There is two sorts one for fingure clutch and one for ring clutch.
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| posted on November 27th, 2004 at 07:28 PM |
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Problem has been found. Turns out the supplied clutch plate has the wrong size spline in it. Supplier tells me that is nearly impossible but there is
2-3mm slop in the hole as all vw's have the same size spline.. Should have checked on the spline before I put it in. Silly me just checked the new
and old plates were the same size and didn't check the spline.
I bought a "clutch kit" and the thrust bearing and pressure plate are correct just the clutch plate is wrong.
I'll put it down to lesson learnt and hope I can get the car back on the road for day of the vw next weekend.
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